From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcontemptuouscon‧temp‧tu‧ous /kənˈtemptʃuəs/ adjective HATEshowing that you think someone or something deserves no respect SYN scornful a contemptuous glancecontemptuous of He was openly contemptuous of his father. —contemptuously adverb
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contemptuous• She would even have preferred more of his contemptuous accusations to this present chilling remoteness.• In this detention centre, contemptuous and inhuman attitudes have hardened into set rules.• a contemptuous attitude• Watching that fair, contemptuous face he thought how well he knew the type from his own school.• Remove Goblin casualties with a deliberately contemptuous gesture or casual lack of concern if it makes you feel better.• The clerk throws me a contemptuous look, then does the search.• He was openly contemptuous of supply-side theories.• Successful engineering students tended to be contemptuous of the work habits of lesser mortals.• It is frequently instilled at a delicate age, as a result of the internalization of a contemptuous voice, usually parental.openly contemptuous• He was openly contemptuous of supply-side theories.• Until recently, Dole was openly contemptuous of the supply side economics espoused by Kemp and other conservatives. 